PTC
PTC
: The Time for Digitalisation in Manufacturing is Now
“ We have the privilege of working with hundreds of companies and thousands of factories all over the world to help them to transform their operations ”
JAMES ( JIANJIE ) ZHANG VP MARKET DEVELOPMENT , PTC
are hearing the sustainability discussion at the boardroom level . There are not only regulation requirements today , but also there are more pressures from the investors and from customers directly .”
“ One final thing we are seeing is the labour / skills gap . This is pretty common in the manufacturing industry across the world whether you are looking at well-developed or developing areas .”
The Time for Digitalisation is Now “ Before COVID-19 digital transformation was thought of as ‘ really cool , with a lot of interesting technology , but not that urgent ’. But since COVID , there has been a clear trend that companies are accelerating their digital transformation . They are moving from the pilot stages to actual production deployment . I think this is because it is clear that those who adopted digital transformation during COVID had much stronger resilience than the ones who didn ’ t . I believe this is a big factor why this trend is accelerating now ,” explains Zhang .
“ In general , I would say there are roughly 30 % of manufacturing companies already on the journey to adopting digital capability
126 August 2021